Abstract: A device for opening sealed cans of the type using a pull-ring to initiate the opening of the lid. The device consists of a cylindrical hollow tube having a handle on one end. On the end of the device opposite the handle, there is a flattened portion of the tube which is made to slip under the pull-ring for initial raising of the pull-ring from the container lid. In the approximate transverse center of the hollow tube, there are two oblong openings that run longitudinally along the surface of the tube. Proximate to the oblong openings, there is an inwardly protruding rivet-like structure. In use, one of the oblong openings, depending upon the hand preference, is placed over the pull-ring until the cylindrical body of the tool comes to rest on the rim of the container. As the opener is then rotated along the rim of the container, the oblong opening begins to bind upon the pull-ring.